Tuesday

Nov 28, 2017 at 9:43 PM

Share your new ‘Business with Promise’

As 2017 comes to a close, the business team will feature a selection of Savannah businesses that have started within the past three years and show promise through their business model, innovation and potential impact to the local community and economy. We want our readers’ input and will be taking suggestions through Friday, Dec. 8.

RobMark – Web • Advertising • PR recently held a ribbon cutting to unveil its complete remodeling of the corporate offices and celebrated its corporate re-brand at the company’s office at 108 E. Montgomery Cross Road.

Founded by Ted Robertson and Lisa Markowitz Kitchens, the company first opened its doors in 1990 as Robertson &Markowitz Advertising &Public Relations, Inc. In 2008, as demand for website development increased, they opened sister company Robmark Web. Earlier this year, the company’s founders decided it was time to re-brand.

"We knew it was time to re-brand from the inside out," Markowitz Kitchens explained,"to show that we have everything under one roof."

Ameris Bank holds regional food drive

Ameris Bank’s 8th annual company-wide Helping Fight Hunger food drive initiative collected more than 999,000 non-perishable food items in October that were donated to food banks throughout the Southeast where the bank has a presence, including Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia.

Ameris Bancorp, the parent company of Ameris Bank, also collectively donated $100,000 that was distributed among all the food banks that received the collected food items. More than 80 food banks throughout 65 communities were impacted by this food drive initiative.

"The bank’s Helping Fight Hunger initiative is our opportunity to help eradicate hunger and food insecurity and help make a difference for those who need it most," said Greater Savannah Market President Jenny Gentry. "We are grateful to our employees, customers and community members who generously donated items to benefit local food banks."

According to Feeding America, hunger in America exists for more than 46 million people including 12 million children and 7 million seniors throughout the United States.

Fox &Weeks gives
to autism center

Fox &Weeks Funeral Directors presented a Matthews Children’s Foundation grant in the amount of $1,000 to the Matthew Reardon Center for Autism to help the facility purchase additional computer equipment for its students.

Fox &Weeks has now awarded nearly $40,000 in Matthew’s Children’s Foundation grants since 2012. Each time a family purchases a casket at Fox &Weeks, a portion of the cost is donated to the Matthews Children’s Foundation in the name of the deceased and the accumulated funds are distributed quarterly through an application process to area non-profits benefitting children and children’s causes.

The Matthew Reardon Center for Autism is the only organization in southeast Georgia that operates an accredited, year-round education program for students with autism.

Call Fox &Weeks at 352-7200 for more information or visit www.foxandweeks.com.